''Diospyros ferrea'', known as black ebony, is a tree in the
ebony family, distributed in Burma (
Myanmar
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),
Cambodia
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,
India
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,
Indonesia
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, Malay Peninsula,
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
,
Sri Lanka,
Thailand
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,
Laos (Khammouan) and
Taiwan
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(Hengchun Peninsula and
Orchid Island
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).
Common names
* Chinese - 象牙树 (literally "Ivory Tree")
* Philippines - batulinau
* Indonesia - bibisan, ai meten, wawama
* Sri Lanka - Hik-ul-Haenda
* Viet Nam - trandung
* French - ngavi du fourré littoral (‘ngavi’ of littoral thickets, Aubréville).
* West African - GHANA ADANGME gblεt∫o (FRI) NIGERIA HAUSA kas kawami (KO&S) YORUBA paroko (KO&S) SENEGAL DIOLA (Bayot) é tikuñi (JB) MANDING-MANINKA ko gélin ko: tree (JB) WOLOF sélah (JB)
Distribution
From West Africa to India, Indo-China, north to the
Ryukyu Islands (Southern Japan), east to the Malesian area,
Australia, Melanesia and Polynesia.
Uses
''D. ferrea'' is reported to be an important source of black ebony, but this is doubtful because of the unsatisfactory taxonomy of the group involved.
Gallery
File:象牙柿 Diospyros ferrea 20201024211015 01.jpg, Plant, slow growth, dark green leaves, dioecious
File:象牙柿 Diospyros ferrea 20201024211015 02.jpg, Black bark and heartwood
File:象牙柿 Diospyros ferrea 20201024211015 04.jpg, Cracked bark shape
File:象牙柿 Diospyros ferrea 20201024211015 05.jpg, New branches
References
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External resources
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*https://archive.today/20130707154040/http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/html/print.jsp?rno=950
*http://plants.jstor.org/upwta/2_11
*http://www.biotik.org/laos/species/d/diofe/diofe_en.html
*https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053115/http://manoa.hawaii.edu/botany/plants_of_micronesia/index.php/scientific-names/360-diospyros-ferrea
*https://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/species/508%20001%2004%200
*https://kmweb.coa.gov.tw/theme_data.php?theme=plant_illustration&id=555
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ferrea
Flora of tropical Asia
Flora of Japan